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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man8/beadm.8 b/usr/src/man/man8/beadm.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..be6efedd98 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man8/beadm.8 @@ -0,0 +1,932 @@ +'\" te +.\" Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright 2016 Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> +.\" Copyright 2021 OmniOS Community Edition (OmniOSce) Association. +.TH BEADM 8 "Oct 20, 2021" +.SH NAME +beadm \- utility for managing zfs boot environments +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBcreate\fR [\fB-a\fR | \fB-t\fR] [\fB-d\fR \fIdescription\fR] + [\fB-e\fR \fInon-activeBeName\fR | \fIbeName@snapshot\fR] + [\fB-o\fR \fIproperty=value\fR] ... [\fB-p\fR \fIzpool\fR] + [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBcreate\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBdestroy\fR [\fB-fFsv\fR] \fIbeName\fR | \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBlist\fR [\fB-a\fR | \fB-ds\fR] [\fB-H\fR] + [\fB-k\fR|\fB-K\fR \fBdate\fR | \fBname\fR | \fBspace\fR] [\fB-v\fR] [\fIbeName\fR] +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBmount\fR [\fB-s\fR \fBro\fR|\fBrw\fR] [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fImountpoint\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBunmount\fR [\fB-fv\fR] \fIbeName\fR | \fImountpoint\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBrename\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fInewBeName\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBactivate\fR [\fB-v\fR] [\fB-t\fR | \fB-T\fR] \fIbeName\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBrollback\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fIsnapshot\fR +.fi + +.LP +.nf +\fBbeadm\fR \fBrollback\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.fi + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBbeadm\fR command is the user interface for managing zfs Boot +Environments (BEs). This utility is intended to be used by System +Administrators who want to manage multiple Solaris Instances on a single +system. +.sp +The \fBbeadm\fR command supports the following operations: +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Create a new BE, based on the active BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Create a new BE, based on an inactive BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Create a snapshot of an existing BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Create a new BE, based on an existing snapshot. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Create a new BE, and copy it to a different zpool. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Activate an existing, inactive BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Mount a BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Unmount a BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Destroy a BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Destroy a snapshot of a BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Rename an existing, inactive BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Roll back a BE to an existing snapshot of a BE. +.RE +.RS +4 +.TP +.ie t \(bu +.el - +Display information about your snapshots and datasets. +.RE + +.SH SUBCOMMANDS +The \fBbeadm\fR command has the subcommands and options listed +below. Also see +EXAMPLES below. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lists information for all boot environments. See \fBbeadm\fR \fBlist\fR. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBcreate\fR [\fB-a\fR | \fB-t\fR] [\fB-d\fR \fIdescription\fR] + [\fB-e\fR \fInon-activeBeName\fR | \fIbeName@snapshot\fR] + [\fB-o\fR \fIproperty=value\fR] ... [\fB-p\fR \fIzpool\fR] + [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR + +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Creates a new boot environment named \fIbeName\fR. If the \fB-e\fR option is +not +provided, the new boot environment will be created as a clone of the +currently +running boot environment. If the \fB-d\fR option is provided then the +description is +also used as the title for the BE's entry in the boot menu. If the \fB-d\fR +option is not provided, \fIbeName\fR will be used as the title. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-a\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Activate the newly created BE. The default is to not activate +the newly created BE. See also \fB-t\fR. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-d\fR \fIdescription\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Create a new BE with a description associated with it. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-e\fR \fInon-activeBeName\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Create a new BE from an existing inactive BE. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-e\fR \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Create a new BE from an existing snapshot of the BE named beName. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-o\fR \fIproperty=value\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Create the datasets for new BE with specific ZFS properties. Multiple +\fB-o\fR +options can be specified. See \fBzfs\fR(8) for more information on +the +\fB-o\fR option. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-p\fR \fIzpool\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Create the new BE in the specified zpool. If this is not provided, the +default +behavior is to create the new BE in the same pool as as the origin BE. +This option is not supported in non-global zone. +.RE +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-t\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Temporarily activate the newly created BE. The new BE will be +used for the next boot only and the temporary activation will be automatically +removed. The default is to not activate the newly created BE. See also +\fB-a\fR. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBcreate\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Creates a snapshot of the existing BE named beName. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBdestroy\fR [\fB-fFsv\fR] \fIbeName\fR | \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Destroys the boot environment named \fIbeName\fR or destroys an existing +snapshot of +the boot environment named \fIbeName@snapshot\fR. Destroying a +boot environment +will also destroy all snapshots of that boot environment. Use +this command +with caution. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-f\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Forcefully unmount the boot environment if it is currently mounted. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-F\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Force the action without prompting to verify the destruction of the boot +environment. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-s\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Destroy all snapshots of the boot +environment. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBlist\fR [\fB-a\fR | \fB-ds\fR] [\fB-H\fR] + [\fB-k\fR|\fB-K\fR \fBdate\fR | \fBname\fR | \fBspace\fR] [\fB-v\fR] [\fIbeName\fR] +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lists information about the existing boot environment named \fIbeName\fR, or +lists +information for all boot environments if \fIbeName\fR is not provided. +The 'Active' +field indicates whether the boot environment is active now, +represented +by 'N'; active on reboot, represented by 'R'; or both, represented +by 'NR'. If temporary next boot configuration is used, the boot environment +is marked with 'T'. +In non-global zone the 'Active' field also indicates whether the +boot environment has a non-active parent BE, represented by 'x'; is active +on boot in a non-active parent BE, represented by 'b'. Activate, rollback +and snapshot operations for boot environments from non-active global parent +BE aren't supported, destroy is allowed if these boot environments aren't +active on boot. +.sp +Each line in the machine parsable output has the boot environment name as the +first field. The 'Space' field is displayed in bytes and the 'Created' field +is displayed in UTC format. The \fB-H\fR option used with no other options +gives +the boot environment's uuid in the second field. This field will be +blank if +the boot environment does not have a uuid. See the EXAMPLES section. +In non-global zones, this field shows the uuid of the parent BE. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-a\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lists all available information about the boot environment. This includes +subordinate file systems and snapshots. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-d\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lists information about all subordinate file systems belonging to the boot +environment. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-s\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lists information about the snapshots of the boot environment. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-H\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Do not list header information. Each field in the list information is +separated by a semicolon. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-k\fR \fBdate\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Sort BEs by date of creation in ascending order. This is default. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-k\fR \fBname\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Lexical sort of BEs by name in ascending order. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-k\fR \fBspace\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Sort BEs by space in ascending order. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-K date\fR | \fBname\fR | \fBspace\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Same as the \fB-k\fR option, but sorts in descending order. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBmount\fR [\fB-s\fR \fBro\fR|\fBrw\fR] [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fImountpoint\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Mounts a boot environment named beName at mountpoint. mountpoint must be an +already existing empty directory. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-s\fR \fBro\fR|\fBrw\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Mount the shared filesystems of the BE in read-only or read-write mode. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBunmount\fR [\fB-fv\fR] \fIbeName\fR | \fImountpoint\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Unmounts the boot environment named beName. The command can also be given a path to a +beName mount point on the system. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-f\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Forcefully unmount the boot environment even if its currently busy. +.RE +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBrename\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fInewBeName\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Renames the boot environment named \fIbeName\fR to \fInewBeName\fR. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBrollback\fR [\fB-v\fR] \fIbeName\fR \fIsnapshot\fR | \fIbeName@snapshot\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Roll back the boot environment named \fIbeName\fR to existing snapshot +of the boot environment named \fIbeName@snapshot\fR. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fBbeadm\fR \fBactivate\fR [\fB-v\fR] [\fB-t\fR | \fB-T\fR] \fIbeName\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Makes beName the active BE on next reboot. +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-t\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Sets temporary, one time activation. For next boot, the \fIbeName\fR +is used for boot, and the temporary activation is removed. +When temporary activation is removed, the next boot will use zfs dataset +specified in boot pool \fIbootfs\fR property. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-T\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Removes temporary next boot configuration of \fIbeName\fR. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB-v\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Verbose mode. Displays verbose error messages from \fBbeadm\fR. +.RE +.RE + +.SH ALTERNATE BE LOCATION +The alternate BE location outside rpool/ROOT can be configured +by modifying the BENAME_STARTS_WITH parameter in /etc/default/be. +For example: BENAME_STARTS_WITH=rootfs + +.SH EXAMPLES +\fBExample 1\fR: Create a new BE named BE1, by cloning the current live BE. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create BE1\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 2\fR: Create a new BE named BE2, by cloning the existing inactive +BE +named BE1. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create -e BE1 BE2\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 3\fR: Create a snapshot named now of the existing BE named BE1. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create BE1@now\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 4\fR: Create a new BE named BE3, by cloning an existing snapshot of +BE1. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create -e BE1@now BE3\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 5\fR: Create a new BE named BE4 based on the currently running BE. +Create the new BE in rpool2. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create -p rpool2 BE4\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 6\fR: Create a new BE named BE5 based on the currently running BE. +Create the new BE in rpool2, and create its datasets with compression turned +on. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create -p rpool2 -o compression=on BE5\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 7\fR: Create a new BE named BE6 based on the currently running BE +and provide a description for it. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm create -d "BE6 used as test environment" BE6\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 8\fR: Activate an existing, inactive BE named BE3. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm activate BE3\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 9\fR: Mount the BE named BE3 at /mnt. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm mount BE3 /mnt\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 10\fR: Unmount the mounted BE named BE3. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm unmount BE3\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 11\fR: Destroy the BE named BE3 without verification. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm destroy -f BE3\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 12\fR: Destroy the snapshot named now of BE1. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm destroy BE1@now\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 13\fR: Rename the existing, inactive BE named BE1 to BE3. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm rename BE1 BE3\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 14\fR: Roll back the BE named BE1 to snapshot BE1@now. +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm rollback BE1 BE1@now\fR +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 15\fR: List all existing boot environments. + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm list\fR +BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created +-- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- +BE2 - - 72.0K static 2008-05-21 12:26 +BE3 - - 332.0K static 2008-08-26 10:28 +BE4 - - 15.78M static 2008-09-05 18:20 +BE5 NR / 7.25G static 2008-09-09 16:53 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 16\fR: List all existing boot environmets and list all dataset and +snapshot information about those bootenvironments. + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm list -d -s\fR + +BE/Dataset/Snapshot Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created +------------------- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- +BE2 + p/ROOT/BE2 - - 36.0K static 2008-05-21 12:26 + p/ROOT/BE2/opt - - 18.0K static 2008-05-21 16:26 + p/ROOT/BE2/opt@now - - 0 static 2008-09-08 22:43 + p/ROOT/BE2@now - - 0 static 2008-09-08 22:43 +BE3 + p/ROOT/BE3 - - 192.0K static 2008-08-26 10:28 + p/ROOT/BE3/opt - - 86.0K static 2008-08-26 10:28 + p/ROOT/BE3/opt/local - - 36.0K static 2008-08-28 10:58 +BE4 + p/ROOT/BE4 - - 15.78M static 2008-09-05 18:20 +BE5 + p/ROOT/BE5 NR / 6.10G static 2008-09-09 16:53 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt - /opt 24.55M static 2008-09-09 16:53 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt@bar - - 18.38M static 2008-09-10 00:59 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt@foo - - 18.38M static 2008-06-10 16:37 + p/ROOT/BE5@bar - - 139.44M static 2008-09-10 00:59 + p/ROOT/BE5@foo - - 912.85M static 2008-06-10 16:37 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +\fBExample 17\fR: List all dataset and snapshot information about BE5 + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm list -a BE5\fR + +BE/Dataset/Snapshot Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created +------------------- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- +BE5 + p/ROOT/BE5 NR / 6.10G static 2008-09-09 16:53 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt - /opt 24.55M static 2008-09-09 16:53 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt@bar - - 18.38M static 2008-09-10 00:59 + p/ROOT/BE5/opt@foo - - 18.38M static 2008-06-10 16:37 + p/ROOT/BE5@bar - - 139.44M static 2008-09-10 00:59 + p/ROOT/BE5@foo - - 912.85M static 2008-06-10 16:37 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 18\fR: List machine parsable information about all boot +environments. + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm list -H\fR + +BE2;;;;55296;static;1211397974 +BE3;;;;339968;static;1219771706 +BE4;;;;16541696;static;1220664051 +BE5;215b8387-4968-627c-d2d0-f4a011414bab;NR;/;7786206208;static;1221004384 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp +.LP +\fBExample 19\fR: Create and list temporary activation. + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fB# beadm list\fR +BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created +-- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- +BE2 - - 4,85M static 2016-10-30 14:29 +BE3 - - 4,84M static 2016-10-30 18:53 +BE4 - - 5,54M static 2016-10-30 23:53 +BE5 NR / 12,6G static 2016-11-06 01:46 +\fB# beadm create BE6\fR +\fB# beadm activate -t BE6\fR +\fB# beadm list\fR +BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created +-- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- +BE2 - - 4,85M static 2016-10-30 14:29 +BE3 - - 4,84M static 2016-10-30 18:53 +BE4 - - 5,54M static 2016-10-30 23:53 +BE5 NR / 60,0K static 2016-11-06 01:46 +BE6 T - 12,6G static 2016-11-06 12:56 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.SH EXIT STATUS +The following exit values are returned: +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB0\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Successful completion +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB>0\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Failure +.RE + + +.SH FILES +.ne 2 +.na +\fB/var/log/beadm/<beName>/create.log.<yyyymmdd_hhmmss>\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Log used for capturing beadm create output +.sp +.nf +\fIyyyymmdd_hhmmss\fR - 20071130_140558 +\fIyy\fR - year; 2007 +\fImm\fR - month; 11 +\fIdd\fR - day; 30 +\fIhh\fR - hour; 14 +\fImm\fR - minute; 05 +\fIss\fR - second; 58 +.fi +.in -2 +.sp +.RE +.sp +.LP +.ne 2 +.na +\fB/etc/default/be\fR +.ad +.sp .6 +.RS 4n +Contains default value for BENAME_STARTS_WITH parameter +.sp +.RE + +.SH ATTRIBUTES +See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +.sp + +.sp +.TS +box; +c | c +l | l . +ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE +_ +Interface Stability Uncommitted +.TE + + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR zfs (8) |
